A public oral history, from November 10, 2003, in
which Walter Lundy, Bill Shipp, Priscilla Arnold
Davis, and Gene Britton discuss in front of an
audience their experiences as editors of the
University of Georgia newspaper, Red and Black, in
1953. Other participants include UGA President
Michael Adams, Dr. Maurice Daniels, Dr. Kent
Middleton, Dr. Derrick Alridge, Horace Ward, and
Harry Montevideo. Topics include the desegregation
of public schools in general and Horace Ward’s
experience at the University of Georgia in
particular, along with a discussion of free speech
issues relating to the resignation of the four
editors.
In the fall of 1953 the four student editors of
the Red and Black, Walter Lundy, Bill Shipp, Gene
Britton, and Priscilla Arnold, defended the right
of a young black man, Horace Ward, to be admitted
to the all white University of Georgia School of
Law. A series of editorials appeared earlier in
1952 and in the fall of 1953 that challenged
racial segregation in Georgia’s public schools.
University System Board of Regents member Roy
Harris threatened to have the Board of Regents
withhold appropriations for the school newspaper
unless the staff stopped running editorials
advocating the abolition of segregation in
schools. At Harris’s request The University of
Georgia ultimately placed the Red and Black under
the strict authority of the publications control
board which would review the content of future
editions and editorials. This action led to the
resignation of both Lundy and Shipp who refused to
surrender what had been a free and unfettered
press. Their Wednesday, December 2nd resignations
were front page stories in the December 4th
edition which was produced under the direction of
acting editors Pricilla Arnold and Gene Britton.
Arnold and Britton also declared their
resignations on the editorial pages of the same
edition. – Revised from the introduction by Harry
Montevideo to the No Other Road public oral
history program.
Oversight or Overlook? Intelligence in the Modern World
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3/08/06 — David M. Barrettprovides a provocative account of relations between American spymasters and Capitol Hill in his recently published book, The CIA and Congress: The Untold Story from Truman to Kennedy. Join Barrett and a panel of UGA experts on modern intelligence gathering—Dr. Loch K. Johnson, co-author of Who's Watching The Spies?; Powell Moore (ABJ), senior congressional and presidential aide and Donald Rumsfeld's first Asst. Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs; and Dr. Michael C. Speckhard, CIA officer-in-residence, University of Georgia—to discuss the structure of intelligence and questions of its oversight in light of current events.
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